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Link to post: https://www.reddit.com/r/HarryPotteronHBO/comments/1s5exuz/anyone_else_feeling_a_kind_of_intense_sadness_in/
Pictured: Millennials talking about the silly wizard power fantasy like it's Shakespeare. Harry Potter truly is to Generation Y as Star Wars was to Generation X. It reminds them of a "better time" when they could remain ignorant of all the horrible things happening in the world (paid for by their tax money).
When Harry Potter came out, I was already reading shit like Fafrd and the Grey Mouser and playing Warhammer and as I've gotten older, I've branched out more and started reading more shit and writing my own shit
I do not understand the mindset that locks these people into this situation where all they fucking care about is the same fucking thing they experienced when they were kids
It’s like only listening to the Red Hot Chili Peppers for 40 years
It's sad
But since the average USAan can only read at a 4th grade level, it's also not surprising that they're permanently locked into children's media
And I say this as someone who loves cartoons and comic books
I read a queer, middle grade, children's novel recently, called Too Bright To See, and it was such a wonderful and evocative exploration of grief and self discovery.
Obviously it was written at a low lexical level, but these people aren't even reading good quality children's literature. They're reading the lowest quality slop out there, not on its own merits, but because they're blinded by their own nostalgia.
cartoons and comic books touch on serious themes all the time. boomers just think everything is silver-age schlock that they grew up with.
I've been listening to RHCP since I was a kid and boy was it a moment when I realized what Purple Stain was about